The animazione renaissance starts here. Along with Who Framed Roger Rabbit the precedente year, this brought a breath of fresh air swept through the corridors of Disney, blew away the dust and cobwebs and allowed new talent to flourish. Jeffrey Katzenberg greenlit the film while Oliver & Company and Roger Rabbit were still in production (and receiving priority treatment), but somehow here the fates aligned and everything came together.

It so nearly wasn't the case. There was no reason to think, going in, that this would change anything. Katzenberg warned his troops...

His best-known role is the voice of Prince Eric in Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid, which he reprised in the Square Enix/Disney video game Kingdom Hearts II. He was only 16 years old when he first provided the voice but the producers cast...